Recent content by rdesgagn

Hi everyone, First thanks TFP members for all your precious comments/suggestions. I was running my pool only with those "awful" pucks for the last few years. Now I've found TFP and I made the switch to liquid chlorine instead. I do the daily checks for FC and PH and during the weekends I do the...

Hi guys, After almost 3 weeks of SLAMMING (I opened my pool with a huge green pea soup mess !), I've met most criteria (clear pool, CC less than or equal to 0.5). Now I need to pass the OCLT before stopping the SLAM. I did the test last night after sunset and this morning before sunrise. I have...

Good morning everyone, I think I'm almost done SLAMMING my pool. I am grateful of all the support/answers I got here. However, when testing for FC and CC I sometimes notice something weird. I get how to do FC testing with the instructions provided with the TFP-100 kit. When I test CC, I add 5...

@Newdude Thanks a lot !

I see progress. This morning it seems less cloudy. Can't totally see the bottom pattern yet but can make out some leaves hanging in the middle of the pool. @Newdude : you are saying I don't need to babysit the FC anymore. Do you mean I have to stop SLAMing ? I thought I needed to stop SLAMing...

Hi everyone, My pool was lime green 1 week ago. I brought my CYA up from 0 to about 40. I have started to SLAM which according to the CYA/FC chart is around 16 ppm. I've been SLAMING for 7 days now. The water is not lime green anymore but isn't clear yet. It's kind of a blueish color but still...

Hi everyone, Newbie here trying to open the pool for the summer. Last summer I switched mid-season from the "terrible" balanced chlorine pucks to liquid chlorine. My CYA levels were really high > 100 (reading from the TF-100 cya view tube) because I was using those pucks at first. At the end of...

@jeffchap sorry if this is a newbie question but you don't suggest to buy pool opening chemical kits but rather make sure FC, CYA, PH and TA are within acceptable levels by adding only what is necessary and that's it ?

Thanks for all your replies. It's really appreciated. I do drain my pool for the winter about 6" or so below the water return jet. In the spring, when it's pool opening season, I do fill it up with tap water and start putting the opening pool chemical kit in.

Hi fellow TFP members, I'm a brand new member and this is my first post. I just bought the TFT-100 test kit because the el cheapo strips weren't enough for me. I have an automatic chlorinator (using those "bad" chlorine pucks that increase CYA). I have stopped using the pucks and the...